Автор: Fidelis MorganНазвание: Fortune`s SlaveИздательство:HarperCollins UKКлассификация: Классический детективISBN: 0007173598ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007173594ISBN: 0-00-717359-8ISBN-13(EAN): 978-0-00-717359-4Обложка/Формат: PaperbackСтраницы: 352Вес: 0.606 кг.Дата издания: 03.04.2006Серия: Crime paperbacksИздание: Large print edРазмер: 232 x 163 x 39Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)Рейтинг:Поставляется из: АнглииОписание: Features Countess Ashby de la Zouche and her bosomed former maid, Alpiew. Unlikely as it may seem, the Countess finds herself with cash to spare. Unlikelier still, she decides to do the sensible thing and invest it. But as the Countess and Alpiew learn to their cost, investments can go down as well as up.

Описание: This book analyses the connection of poverty and Human Rights. It specifically describes how Human Rights infringements and abuses create conditions of poverty in areas of Nigeria, particularly Igboland. The work aims at alerting governments to administrative inadequacies that are contrary to social ethics and have given rise to poverty.

Описание: London 1699. Anastasia Ashby de la Zouche, Baroness Penge, Countess of Clapham, former mistress to Charles II, is an aristocrat on her uppers. Cast into the Fleet Prison, she is forced to turn to journalism. But the Countess and her maidservant encounter more intrigue than they bargained for.

Описание: Next in Fidelis Morgan's hugely entertaining series featuring the irrepressible Countess Ashby de la Zouche and her stupendously bosomed former maid, Alpiew The Countess Ashby de la Zouche would not be every parent's choice of chaperone for a beautiful teenager, and still fewer would entrust her with finding the girl a suitable husband - in France, of all places. The second Mrs Alderman Franklyn-Green, however, is willing to go to any lengths to get rid of her unwanted stepdaughter Virginia. And the promise of 100 guineas and a sojourn in the land of gay balls and all-night gambling is sufficient to secure the Countess's services, even if the girl is a complete shrew. Sadly, the exiled English Court at St Germain is far from the den of iniquity the Countess and her maidservant Alpiew were hoping for. Worse, any hopes of enjoying fine French cuisine are dashed when a fellow guest is poisoned. Once more the Countess and Alpiew are plunged into a dangerous investigation In addition to unravelling plots against three kings and negotiating the culinary eccentricities of the Court of Versailles, our sleuths encounter the Bastille's most mysterious prisoner, and discover - among other depravities - the peculiar employment Lord Whippingham has devised for young women with strong teeth.

Описание: There was once a rumour that women lacked humour. This collection seeks to disprove the myth, and contains witty writings and one-liners from women throughout history including Ruby Wax, French and Saunders, Kathy Lette and Joyce Grenfell.